Gary Lagerloef Background

Profile

Background

Senior Scientist
President of ESR
1910 Fairview Ave. E., Suite 210
Seattle, WA 98102, USA

Current Research Projects

  • Aquarius/SAC-D Satellite Mission
  • Salinity Remote Sensing Support Studies
  • OSCAR
  • Tropical Pacific Surface Currents with Satellite Altimetry
  • Ocean Vector Winds Science Team (OVWST)

Special Interests

Studies of ocean physics and climatology, with emphasis on developing
new applications of remote sensing.

Education

1984 Ph.D., Physical Oceanography, University of Washington
1972-1975 M.S., Oceanography, University of Connecticut, U.S. Coast Guard
1971 B.S. Florida Institute of Technology

In Press

  • Font , J., G. Lagerloef, Y. Kerr, N. Skou, M. Berger, 2004. Sea Surface Salinity mapping with SMOS space mission, Building the European Capacity in Operational Oceanography, in Proceedings of the Third International Conference on EuroGOOS, Dahlin et al., Eds., Elsevier, (in press).
  • Lagerloef, G.S.E., 2000. Satellite Remote Sensing: Salinity Measurements, in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, Academic Press, London, (in press).

Publications

  • Cummins, P., G. Lagerloef and G. Mitchum, 2005. A regional index of northeast Pacific variability based on satellite altimeter data, Geophys. Rres. Lett., VOL. 32, L17607, doi:10.1029/2005GL023642.
  • White, W.B., D.R. Cayan, P. Niiler, J. Moisan, G. Lagerloef, F. Bonjean, and D. Legler, 2005. The seasonal cycle of diabatic heat storage in the Pacific Ocean, Progr. Oceanogr., 64, 1-29.
  • Cummins, P. and G. Lagerloef, 2004. Wind-driven interannual variability over the Northeast Pacific Ocean, Deep Sea Res. I, 51, 2105–2121.
  • Font, J,. G.S.E. Lagerloef, D.M. Le Vine, A. Camps, O.Z. Zanife, 2004. The Determination of Surface Salinity with the European SMOS Space Mission, IEEE Trans. Geossci. Rem. Sens., 42, 2196-2205.
  • Lagerloef, G., 2004. Satellites to address Ocean and Land Hydrology, EOS Trans. Am. Geophys. Un., 42, 419-421.
  • Koblinsky, C. J., P. Hildebrand, D. LeVine, and F. Pellerano, Y. Chao, W. Wilson, S. Yueh, G. Lagerloef, 2003. Sea surface salinity from space: Science goals and measurement approach, Radio Science, 38, 4, 8064, doi:10.1029/2001RS002584.
  • Lagerloef, Gary, Roger Lukas, Fabrice Bonjean, John T. Gunn, Gary T. Mitchum, Mark Bourassa, Antonio J. Busalacchi, 2003. El Niño Tropical Pacific Ocean surface current and temperature evolution in 2002 and outlook for early 2003. Geophysical Research Letters, 30(10), 1514, doi:10.1029/2003GL017096. [Abstract and Manuscript]
  • Bonjean, F., and G.S.E. Lagerloef, 2002. Diagnostic model and analysis of the surface currents in the tropical Pacific Ocean, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, 2938-2954.
  • Cummins, P. and G.S.E. Lagerloef, 2002. Low frequency pycnocline depth variability at Station P in the northeast Pacific, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 32, 3207-3215.
  • Johnson, E. S., G. S. E. Lagerloef, J. T. Gunn, and F. Bonjean, 2002. Salinity advection in the tropical oceans compared to atmospheric freshwater forcing: a trial balance, J. Geophys. Res., 10.1029/2001JC001122.
  • Lagerloef, G. S. E., 2002. Introduction to the special section: The role of surface salinity on upper ocean dynamics, air sea interaction and climate, J. Geophys. Res., 107(C12), 8000, doi:10.1029/2002JC001669.
  • Picaut, J., E. Hackert, A. J. Busalacchi, R. Murtugudde and G. S. E. Lagerloef, 2002. Mechanisms of the 1997-1998 El Nino-La Nina, as inferred from space-based observations. J. Geophys. Res., 107(C5), 10.1029/2001JC000850.
  • Lagerloef, G. and T. Delcroix, 2001. Sea surface salinity; a regional case study for the tropical Pacific, Observing the Oceans in the 21st Century; a strategy for global observations. C. Koblinsky and N. Smith, Eds., GODAE Project Office, Bureau of Meteorology, Melbourne, Australia. 604 pp.
  • Lagerloef, G.S.E., 2001: Satellite Measurements of Salinity, in Encyclopedia of Ocean Sciences, J. Steele, S. Thorpe, and K. Turekian, Eds, Academic Press, London, 2511-2516.
  • Lagerloef, G.S.E., 2000. Recent progress toward satellite measurements of the global sea surface salinity field, Satellites, Oceanography and Society, D. Halpern, ed., Elsevier Oceanography Series, 63, 367 pp.
  • Lagerloef, G. and T. Delcroix, 1999. Sea surface salinity observations for the Tropical Pacific, CLIVAR Exchanges, v4, n3, pp5-10.
  • Lagerloef, Gary S.E., Gary T. Mitchum, Roger B. Lukas and Pearn P. Niiler, 1999. Tropical Pacific near-surface currents estimated from altimeter, wind, and drifter data, J. Geophys. Res., 104, 23,313-23,326. [Abstract and Manuscript]
  • Dickey, J.O., C. Bentley, R. Bilham, J.A. Carton, R.J. Eanes, T.A. Herring, W.A. Kaula, G.S.E. Lagerloef, S. Rojstaczer, W.H.F. Smith, H.M. Van den Dool, J.M. Waher, M.T. Zuber, 1999. Gravity and hydrosphere: New frontier, Hydrological Sciences J., 44, 407-415.
  • Dickey, J.O., C. Bentley, R. Bilham, J.A. Carton, R.J. Eanes, T.A. Herring, W.A. Kaula, G.S.E. Lagerloef, S. Rojstaczer, W.H.F. Smith, H.M. Van den Dool, J.M. Waher, M.T. Zuber, 1998. Satellite gravity: Insights into the solid earth and it fluid envelope, EOS Trans. Amer. Geophys. Union, 79, 237, 242-243.
  • Lagerloef, G., R. Lukas, R. Weller and S. Anderson, 1998. Pacific Warm Pool Temperature Regulation During TOGA COARE: Upper Ocean Feedback, J. Climate, 11, 2297-2309. [Abstract and Manuscript]
  • National Research Council, Committee on Earth Gravity from Space (Dickey, J.O., C. Bentley, R. Bilham, J.A. Carton, R.J. Eanes, T.A. Herring, W.A. Kaula,G.S.E. Lagerloef, S. Rojstaczer, W.H.F. Smith, H.M. Van den Dool, J.M. Waher, M.T. Zuber), 1997. Satellite Gravity and the Geosphere: Contributions to the Study of the Solid earth and Its Fluid Envelope, 112 pp., National Academy Press, Washington DC.
  • Lagerloef, G., R. Lukas, R. Weller and S. Anderson, 1996. Pacific warm pool sea surface temperature regulation as indicated by a stochastic forcing model and TOGA COARE measurements, In: Proceedings of the eighth Conference on Air-Sea Interaction, Am. Met. Soc.
  • Lagerloef, G., C. Swift and D. LeVine, 1995. Sea surface salinity: The next remote sensing challenge, Oceanography, 8, 44-50.
  • Lagerloef, G., 1995. Interdecadal variations in the Alaska Gyre, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 25, 2242- 2258.
  • Lagerloef, G., 1995. The ENSO signal in the Alaska Gyre circulation; atmospheric or oceanic teleconnection?, In: Proceedings of the International Scientific Conference on the TOGA Programme, WCRP-91, WMO/TD No. 77.
  • Lagerloef, G.S.E., 1994. An alternate method for estimating dynamic height from XBT profiles using empirical vertical modes, J. Phys. Oceanogr., 24, 205-213.
  • Bhaskaran, S., G.Lagerloef, G.Born, W.Emery and R.Leben, 1993. Variability in the Gulf of Alaska from Geosat altimetry data, J. Geophys. Res., 98, 16,311-16,330.
  • Koblinsky, C., P. Gaspar, G. Lagerloef, editors, 1992. The future of spaceborne altimetry: Oceans and Climate Change, Joint Oceanographic Institutions Inc., Washington, D.C., 75pp.
  • Lagerloef, G.S.E., 1992. The Point Arena Eddy: a recurring summer anticyclone in the California Current, J. Geophys. Res., 97, C8, 12,557-12,568.
  • Lagerloef, G.S.E., and R.L. Bernstein, 1988. EOF analysis of AVHRR surface temperature patterns in Santa Barbara Channel, J. Geophys. Res., 93, C6, 6863-6873.
  • Lagerloef, G.S.E., 1987. Comment on "On the joint distribution of surface elevations and slopes for a nonlinear random sea, with an application for radar altimetry" by M.A. Srokosz, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 2985-2987.
  • Lagerloef, G.S.E., and R.D. Muench, 1987. Near inertial current oscillations in the vicinity of the Bering Sea Marginal Ice Zone, J. Geophys. Res., 92, 11789-11802.
  • Muench, R.D., G.S.E. Lagerloef and J.T. Gunn, 1986. 1984-85 current observations in the East Greenland Current: A preliminary description. MIZEX Bulletin VII, US Army Cold Regions Research and Engineering Laboratory Special Report 86-3, pp 41-53.
  • Cannon, G.A. and G.S.E. Lagerloef, 1983. Topographic influences on coastal circulation: A review. In Coastal Oceanography, H. Gade, A. Edwards and H. Svendsen, Eds., Plenum Publishing.
  • Lagerloef, G.S.E., 1983. Topographically controlled flow around a deep trough transecting the shelf off Kodiak Island, Alaska. J. Phys. Oceanog., 13, 139-146.
  • Lagerloef, G.S.E., R.D. Muench and J.D. Schumacher, 1981. Low frequency variations in currents near the shelf break, northeast Gulf of Alaska. J. Phys. Oceanog., 11, 627-638.
  • Reports Gunn, J., and G. Lagerloef, Report of large scale wind patterns in the Tropical Pacific via EOF and CCA analysis of NSCAT and TAO array data. [Abstract and Manuscript]
  • SSIWG-1 Report: Preliminary Assessment of the Scientific and Technical Merits for Salinity Remote Sensing from Satellite, Final Report of the First Workshop, Salinity Sea Ice Working Group (SSIWG), La Jolla, CA, USA, 7-8 February 1998.
  • SSIWG-2 Report: Progress Toward Salinity Remote Sensing Satellite Missions, Report of the Second Workshop, Salinity Sea Ice Working Group (SSIWG-2), NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt MD, USA 19-21 April 1999.
  • Surface flow during the 97-98 El Nino onset